Why did Kareena Kapoor Khan reject the film Vivaah?

 Forget about being selected or rejected Kareena Kapoor was not even considered for Vivah. Sooraj Barjatya’s requirement for Vivah was someone who could effortlessly portray simple, graceful and traditional qualities on-screen.

The need was for a very pretty, very Indian face to embody the innocence of a traditional small-town girl of Mathura.

Amrita Rao was selected for her natural grace, innocence and girl-next-door charm which were the key elements of Sooraj Barjatya’s “Poonam”.

Her screen presence, soft demeanour and classic features made her a family-oriented girl opposite Shahid Kapoor's character, Prem.

Barjatya was particularly moved by her brief and impactful performance in, The Legend of Bhagat Singh.

The Kareena angle emerged as Shahid-Kareena were dating at that time and widely adored as real-life couple. Because of their off-screen romance audience speculated and expressed a strong desire to see her opposite Shahid Kapoor. Even Shahid Kapoor mentioned at the time of the film’s release that he would love to do a film like Vivah with Kareena.

The other reason being that the two had showcased excellent screen presence in Fida and 36 China Town.

On a humorous note, the way Barjatya managed to bring out Kareena's performance in Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon, he won't even think of casting her again, at least not for a film like Vivah.

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Who was the first actor or actress to reject a Filmfare award?

 Vyjayanthimala rejected Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1957.

The production of the original Devdas (1955) involved several big actresses leaving the project. Director Bimal Roy was willing to have Meena Kumari as Paro and Nargis as Chandramukhi opposite Dilip Kumar as Devdas.

Meena was left out because her husband Kamal Amrohi set some unrealistic conditions which Roy didn’t accept. The role went to Suchitra Sen eventually.

Nargis left because she wanted to play the more important role of Paro. Bina Rai and Suraiya left for the same reason.

Ultimately, the role of Chandramukhi was given to Vyjayanthimala. Screenwriter Nabendu Ghosh didn’t approve of Vyjayanthimala’s casting, but they couldn’t waste any more time.

Devdas earned critical acclaim and over 1 crore rupees at the box-office, making it the 10th highest-grossing film of the year.

At the 4th Filmfare Awards (1957), Dilip and Motilal won Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively. Vyjayanthimala was awarded Best Supporting Actress but rejected it saying that she deserved Best Actress because her role was as important as Suchitra’s Paro.

Vyjayanthimala became the first actress to refuse a Filmfare award.